Researchers from Rice University and UCLA unveiled a new data-encoding scheme this week that slashes more than 30 percent of the energy needed to write data onto new memory cards that use "phase-change memory" (PCM) -- a ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 7, 2012
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Collaboration between the University of Southampton and the University of Cambridge has made ground-breaking advances in our understanding of the changes that materials undergo when rapidly heated.
Condensed Matter
Mar 29, 2012
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Researchers at the A*STAR, Data Storage Institute (DSI), have filed a patent on low-density parity-check (LDPC) coding with soft decision decoding, which is an advanced error correction coding scheme for spin-torque transfer ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 14, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using high-powered lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and collaborators discovered that molten magnesium silicate undergoes a phase change in the liquid state, abruptly transforming ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 10, 2012
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A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on paraffin wax and stearic acid ...
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 2, 2011
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Concerns over the finite availability of oil and the effect of greenhouse gases on climate have spurred intense efforts to develop electric-drive vehicles; the major barrier to successful commercialization being battery technology. ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 9, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, scientists at IBM Research have demonstrated that a relatively new memory technology, known as phase-change memory (PCM), can reliably store multiple data bits per cell over extended periods ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
Jun 30, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of 'brain-like' computers has taken a major step forward today with the publication of research led by the University of Exeter.
Condensed Matter
Jun 23, 2011
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The perfect data storage solution should offer fast access to data, maintain data in the absence of external power, and be able to withstand large numbers of read–write cycles. Phase-change random access memory (PCRAM), ...
General Physics
Jun 9, 2011
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A University of California, San Diego faculty-student team is about to demonstrate a first-of-its kind, phase-change memory solid state storage device that provides performance thousands of times faster than a conventional ...
Engineering
Jun 2, 2011
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